White Lace
©Cleve Sylcox
Snow falls on windowpane,
Fire roars in its place,
But my love is far away,
Adorned in white lace.
I wait for her restlessly,
With empty arms I cry,
I long to be near her,
As I pass the day by and by.
I dream of her sleeping,
In a white lace night-gown,
Her head on soft pillows,
While I wear a salty frown.
She will be home soon,
This I pray,
Because I cannot wait,
Yet another day.
Walk Away
©Cleve Sylcox
You can make the blue skies, bluer,
The soft ocean breezes, softer,
The warm bed, warmer.
You can make love, lovelier,
The soft full kiss, fuller,
A warm embrace, warmer,
You can never take,
What you’ve given,
You can never remove,
A memory you made,
You can never hide,
A feeling so deep,
As I felt the day you,
Walked away.
Truth is a Blur
©Cleve Sylcox
Sometimes I wonder,
What life’s about,
Sometimes I shudder,
I can’t figure it out.
Insanity and Mayhem,
Prejudice and greed,
These are a few,
Of the uncertainties.
I watch the news,
And read the paper,
Find more death,
Than in a movie caper.
If there is one thing,
I know for sure,
Life will change,
Truth is a blur.
Desiree Scott (Author), Kerry E.B. Black (Author), Joi Miner (Author), D.K. Cassidy (Author), Joanne Eskreis (Author), Michelle Boske (Author), Cleve Sylcox (Author), Dara Ratner Rochlin (Editor)
Everyone thinks they know the real story behind the characters in fairy tales— But did you ever wonder what happened when the story ended and you closed the book? Come along and in this new anthology, you’ll find your favorite and some new favorite faery-tale characters on the psychiatrists couch as they work through their trauma.
Curl up and read about : Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, The Big Bad Wolf, The Wolf from Red Riding Hood, Baba Yaga, Goldilocks, Snow White, The Gingerbread Man, Rapunzel, The Kings’ Man from Humpty Dumpty, The Dish & Spoon, Cinderella’s evil stepmother, Dorothy from Oz, including the Wicked Witch from Oz, All the Jacks (be nimble, beanstalk, hanging with Jill), Sandman, Old Mother Hubbard, Alice from Wonderland, The Princess and the Pea, and the tale told from the Pea’s perspective, the Caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland, and what about all those beastly bridegrooms that get dumped at the altar ?
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Contents:
The Faery Tale Prompt that Started it All
Twelve Step Tales – A Poem by Carina Bissett
Mother of Fairy Tales by Kerry E.B. Black
Zuri by Joi Miner
Heel Toe by D.K. Cassidy
Cindy’s Deep Hidden Trauma by Joanne Eskreis
Iced by Michelle Boske
Snow White and the Psychologist by Cleve Sylcox
Old Sleepman by Kerry E. B. Black
The Princess, the Prince, the Queen, the King and the Pea by T.D Harvey
A Pea’s Lot in Life by T.D. Harvey
Glutton for Punishment by Rebekah Dodson
Unhinged by Matt Lovell
Red’s Wolf by Desiree L. Scott
Blow Your House Down by Michael Mill
The Tragedy at the Castle by C.H. Kelly
Off the Wall by Debbie Manber Kupfer
Benjamin Hubbard by Jason Derr
Hey Diddle Diddle by Debbie Manber Kupfer
Baba Yaga No More by Laura K. Cowan
OZ by Shannon McLoud
Chatterpillar by Matt Lovell
We’re All Mad Down Here by Rebekah Dodson
Beastly Bridegrooms Anonymous by Carina Bissett
To Hell with Cinderella – A Poem by Joi Miner
AUTHOR NOTE: This anthology is NOT for children. It’s a novella of twisted tales that begins and ends in therapy.
Please enjoy! ALL proceeds go to the Izzy Foundation, an organization that provides services and support to those families with children who have debilitating diseases, based in Providence, Rhode Island.
Chasity Nicole (Author), Debbie Manber Kupfer (Author), Sunila Vig (Author), Matt Lovell (Author), Kerry Black (Author), Laura Cowan (Author), Don Miskel (Author), N.M. Scuri (Author), Kristin Roahrig (Author), J. Kendall (Author)
Sins of the Past is a collection of seventeen historical horror short stories. Each story occurs within a different time period and is based off of factual events that have occurred in the past, only with a few changes to what actually happened.
Dreaming... 